Fredrik Åkerman, Leo Wezelius and Angelo Demeter are three young enthusiasts on a mission to reduce 4% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, through feeding cows with a special red seaweed. Cows produce more than 5% of the global greenhouse gas emissions globally, just by farting and burping methane gas. That is more than twice as much emissions as all the world’s airplanes combined. But thankfully, over six years of research has now been published showing that by supplementing a small amount of a special red seaweed to the diet of cows, their enteric methane production goes down by up to 80%. So, in ‘Volta Greentech’, the team is now on the way to establishing the first on-land commercial scale production of this specific red seaweed to make it the new industry standard for the dairy and beef industry.
This storymap is a part of the BeUBio storymap series young people whose business ideas, jobs and other activities lead the way towards a different and more sustainable economic path. With a variety of different examples, young people from across the Baltic Sea Region, inspire new ways of making business while having a positive impact to the environment and society. The overall aim is to build a community of like-minded people, by sharing our stories and inspiring each other.
This initiative comes from the BeUBio project, a collaboration between different partners across the Baltic Sea Region pushing for youth participation in the transition to a bio-based economy, and create synergies with other actors and initiatives addressing the SDGs.
